NW coast woodcarving sculpting elbow adze, XL gutter

This is a Northwest Coast style wood workers, or sculptors XL hewing or gutter adze. It's a Davis Brothers adze hand forged, and hand made on the NW coast of the USA. It has a curved, and swept, gouge shaped blade with the bevel on the inside of the curve, which takes an aggressive chip. This is not a finishing adze, but rather is a hewing or gutter adze, made for stock removal. It has a #1 handle sized and angled to enable arm's length use use. The XL blade takes a larger chip than any of the other adzes currently in our store. Its curved and swept blade will cut with, or across the grain, and will really hod out some wood. This adze is based on designs used by native Northwest carvers for hundreds of years. Using mauls, adzes, and crooked knives they produced both monumental sculptures, and finely detailed household items of stunning beauty and sophistication.

I have worked with this type of adze off and on for over 25 years, using them on a wide variety of woods for roughing out some of my liarger projects. For the best cutting performance, when sharpening these tools it is important to leave the back side of the blade absolutely flat (no bevel on the outside of the curve).

My brother and I are woodcarving artists, and long ago learned to forge and make our own tools. We have made tools and knives for friends, family, and acquaintances for years and are now offering them This adze weighs 1 pound, and is 15 3/4" long with a curved blade that is 1 7/8" wide. It was made in our shop, using high carbon steel, forged, curved, and ground to shape. It was then tempered, and sharpened to produce an edge that is both durable and extremely sharp. This adze is handled in laminated Maple wood with the head gusseted with Red Oak, both of which will prevent splitting in normal use. The blade is screwed and bolted to its bed as well as fastened with the traditional cord wrap which has been saturated with cyanocrylate for durability. Ash has nice grain, light weight strength, (Think baseball bat), and solid durability. It is finished with coats of Tung Oil. An attractive, durable, and very effective tool!

For our other types and sizes of adze, and our carving knives in various sizes and curvature check out my store and my other listings. I am steadily adding knives and tools as we make them. I gladly combine shipping to save you money. Shipping on one or more items includes $1.00 handling fee. International shipping is by Priority Mail only, and includes $1.50 packing and handling fee. Multiple items will ship by Priority Mail with combined postage quote on request. Be aware that I will not be responsible for items lost or damaged outside the U.S. I will however, provide a customs reference number, and assist with any inquiry.